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Vice President’s Chamber,
Washington, December 21, 1871.
Dear Sir: Please state to the Senate at the opening of its session to-day, that I shall be absent from the chair in order that a President pro tempore may be chosen.
Respectfully, yours,
SCHUYLER COLFAX.
Hon. Geroge C. Gorham,
Secretary United States Senate.